Xp SP3 Startup Freezes At Desktop

Mail Scanner - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe O23 - Service: avast! Please follow this guide... Oddly, though, since I started doing all these diagnostics my computer has only frozen once. For example, a virus could infect a file, an anti-virus removes the infected file, and Windows locks up whenever it needs that file.

he says my mother board is corrupt and changed it and now its working fine ! :) cheers :) Report Hacker- May 16, 2014 at 12:10 PM Go to safe mode It wouldn't bother me if it didn't slow things down. I woke up this morning, and it was frozen yet again. As suggested, get memtest86.

Edit I can start it in safe mode and there's no problems. 03-07-2011, 05:51 PM #7 spunk.funk TSF Team, Emeritus Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles Cleaning up 10 unused security descriptors. You can hit the F8 key as it is first starting up and get into safe mode. May 25, 2011 #1 Mark56 TechSpot Paladin Posts: 1,889 This sounds like an overheating problem, but with only 30 seconds to play with it there is not enough time to download

No need to be intimidated by it - it's not that complicated. TechSpot Account Sign up for free, it takes 30 seconds. If these test out "okay", then I would like for you to look for minidump files. I got home from work last night ready to begin this latest round of tests, and shockingly discovered that my desktop was not frozen.

Instructions are on the site. http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free One final though is a faulty memory module. Hot Network Questions How do you tell a website they have expired security certificates? CrystalDiskInfo will tell you about your drive, including the maker...

Where I will happily vote it up if it helps. A good way of doing this is to let it run over night. Thanks for all your help. 10-25-08, 01:23 PM #11 Dr Mabuse DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: 75 clicks above the Do Lung bridge... Without freespace you will have freezes and crashes.

Windows boots to the desktop then freezes Discussion in 'General Software' started by dieselcat18, Jun 9, 2012. Put it in and restart your computer and boot off it and see what it says. __________________ MemTest | IMGBurn | Seatools Drive Fitness | DataLifeguard |SeaFlash Rufus | Virus/Malware Help If everything works fine, that would eliminate the question of whether your problem is hardware-related. I use it and it's been great.

Log in with Facebook Log in with Twitter Log in with Google Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? Stay logged in Sign up now! Any advice? Louis, MO USA Posts: 319 OS: Windows 7 Pro.

Yes you could do a system restore. There were a couple of programs that I recognized that I don't need to run at startup (or, really, ever) so I disabled them. (4) I ran the sfc/scannow command to Log: 'System' Date/Time: 15/08/2010 3:47:37 PM Type: error Category: 0 Event: 7023 Source: Service Control Manager The Application Management service terminated with the following error: The specified module could not be So, without explanation, it's "better" now -- but not great. 10-27-08, 11:42 AM #14 Dr Mabuse DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: 75 clicks above

Set it up at night and just let it run while you're asleep. Kees Flag Permalink This was helpful (0) Back to Windows Legacy OS forum 5 total posts Popular Forums icon Computer Help 51,912 discussions icon Computer Newbies 10,498 discussions icon Laptops 20,411 Reboot.

Set it up at night and just let it run while you're asleep. 10-29-08, 04:21 PM #24 Double Down Senior Member Join Date: May 1999 Location: Los Angeles, Can I use Shield Spell to protect me from other attacks than just physicals and magic missiles? I'll see if theres anything i can do for this but I'm not sure :/ thanks again for the quick reply May 25, 2011 #3 Mark56 TechSpot Paladin Posts: 1,889 Please start a New Thread if you're having a similar issue.View our Welcome Guide to learn how to use this site.

Go there and disable ALL the startup items. Will try to explain... With the event logs in Event Viewer, you can obtain information about your hardware, software, and system components, and monitor security events on a local or remote computer. If it does not show problems, then probably your disk is okay, and we don't need to pursue the next check at this time unless you just want to.

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I was looking for a possible answer to this. Next give your hard-drive a check up... 1. If the fan on the CPU has failed that would cause a quick shutdown. This at first seemed to do the trick, finally -- but suddenly, I'm getting the same problem (although intermitantly) again!!! (Boot to normal desktop that clicking anything does nothing, fix with

memtest86 will find it if there is a problem. If the freezing ceases something in the startup list is the problem, if it remains you have ruled out a LOT of options in one fell swoop. __________________ "We're all going Password Register Forgot Password? Sep 14, 2010 #4 B00kWyrm TechSpot Paladin Posts: 1,436 +37 Thanks Route44.